Professor Lou Marinoff’s bestseller Plato not Prozac! drew on the wisdom of the great philosophers to solve our everyday problems, launching a movement that restored philosophy to what it once was: useful in all walks of life. Now, in The Big Questions, he takes the concept to the next level, applying centuries of philosophy and great literature to help answer the central questions of modern existence. These include How do we know what is right? Are we guided by passion or reason? If we’re offended, are we harmed? What is love? Why can’t we all get along? How can we cope with change? And, most centrally, he shows how we can use the centuries of wisdom that have come before us to help us answer these questions and gain or regain a feeling of being at ease in the world.